Forty eight years ago today America lost a young President on the streets of Dallas whose life was taken by an assassin. That cowardly act set in motion a cover up and lie that is still with us today. President Kennedy was not killed by Lee Oswald who actually did not fire a rifle that day in Dallas. He was the patsy, just as he told the Dallas police while in their custody.
President Kennedy was killed as the result of a conspiracy because he was changing the status quo and because he challanged the cold war mentality of those in high places who profited by keeping the cold war alive. When the President arrived in Dallas the right wing conservatives in Dallas greeted him with un-American "Wanted for Treason" posters and other greetings not fit to be published. President Obama has been greeted by similar charges from todays right wing conservatives and the birthers.
Kennedy was moving the country away from a cold war nation with policies that disturbed the status quo. The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was a good example when he sought a resolution to that problem far different than the Joing Chiefs of Staff wanted to pursue. The Presidents decision was the right one and the Chiefs were mad as hell that they did not get their invasion. They thought they could push the young President around but Kennedy knew and respected the responsibility he had as Commander in Chief.
President Kennedy was a combat veteran of WWII having enlisted in the Navy. His PT boat crew saw action in the Pacific. There has been a lot of wealthy people who used their wealth and connections to stay out of the military during war and peace, but not Kennedy and his brothers. They all served their country in uniform. As a veteran, Kennedy understood war and was not about to send Americans to war just to support the status quo or to try to act tough.
The un-American ideology that greeted Kennedy when he arrived in Dallas is still being played out today by the right wingers and their personal attacks on President Obama and his policies. They do not have the mental capacity to compete in a open society in a civil way so they choose to divide the country and its people with un-American tactics.
To those Americans who knew, loved and respected and supported President Kennedy and his policies know America and its people would be better off today had he lived. Kennedy also had the respect and support of foreign leaders who believed in his youthful and new approach to world problems.
A bright American light was put out in Dallas 48 years ago by cowards who could not compete with the ideas of a young American President who knew where he wanted to take the country for a better world for its people, its children and future generations. The future was very much on his mind during the Cuban Missile Crisis and especially the children who had no say. That is one reason he choose the option of the quarantine.
The cowards and their conspirators involved are the worse Judas. Those in the intelligence community who know the real story of what happened in Dallas and have remained silent are the worst of the bunch. They put the secret of the intelligence community above their country and are traitors.
America and its people were young and full of energy when they elected President Kennedy. This writer was of age and remembers his administration very well. Everyone seemed to relate to Kennedy and his wife. The Presidents time in office had been referred to as "Camelot." It was a time when most people understood as a nation and people much could be accomplished.
The cowards extinguished that light but the American people who knew President Kennedy will always remember the promise he held for all of us and our nation.
